Survivor grrrr

[judecorp]

We used to be big Stephenie fans in our house, but today she busted out the forbidden "that's so gay" to describe another player's stupid behavior and that's it - she's out of our fan club.

Sayonara, Stephenie. You and your homophobic whininess can leave Guatemala at any time. We'll start rooting for Amy instead.

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[judecorp.livejournal.com]

The sad fact is, 'That's so gay' has become a part of our language today, and it probably doesn't help that lots of gay people use the term as a way to reclaim it. Reclaiming sometimes backfires. It makes other casual observers who may not really understand what's going on think that it's okay for anybody to use it.

Just for the record (and I like Brian, too), "gay" was used by the gay community before it was used as an insult. So I don't see gay people calling themselves gay as reclaiming the term. Other words /were/ first used as insults, like "dyke" or "queer" or pansy" or "faggot," and some people use them to reclaim them, but I don't think that's true of "gay."

"That's so gay" seems to be a fairly recent (10 years or less) phenomenon, but I could be wrong about that.

p.s. I think that Burnett is really editing this season to bring favor away from Stephenie and I don't know why. I bet that a lot of players say insensitive and ignorant remarks all the time, but this season's editors are really trying to portray Steph negatively. HOWEVER, she was foolish enough to say those things in front of cameras, and now her "slip-up" on national prime-time television is going to in a lot of ways validate the use of the term across the country. Sad but true, tv characters are role models in our society.

[michael622.livejournal.com]

You always know all the important stuff. :) Thanks for clearing up the record on the use of 'gay' ... and you know, I kinda think I know what you're talking about with the way they are editing the show and I think maybe it's because she's LOSING again. If she gets voted off, maybe they don't want America up in arms or to stop watching the show in protest.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Dude, you KNOW that if she doesn't win they're going to have to find some cheesy-ass way to give her a million dollars, just like they did with freaking Rupert.

Ugh.